© Reuters. U.S. actor and UNHCR Particular Envoy Angelina Jolie poses for an image with youngsters, as Russia’s assault on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine April 30, 2022. Press Service of the Lviv Regional State Administration/Handout through REUTERS
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LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited the Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv on Saturday, going to the station to satisfy folks displaced by the warfare with Russia earlier than later leaving after air-raid sirens sounded.
Jolie, 46, is a particular envoy for the United Nations refugee company, which says greater than 12.7 million folks have fled their properties prior to now two months, which represents round 30% of Ukraine’s pre-war inhabitants.
Throughout the go to to the station, Jolie met volunteers working with the displaced, who instructed her that every of the psychiatrists on responsibility spoke to about 15 folks a day. Lots of these within the station are youngsters aged from two to 10, in response to volunteers.
“They should be in shock … I understand how trauma impacts youngsters, I do know simply having any person present how a lot they matter, how a lot their voices matter, I understand how therapeutic that’s for them,” she mentioned in reply.
At one level throughout her go to to the station, she tickled a small woman wearing purple, who laughed out in delight. She additionally posed for images with the volunteers and among the youngsters.
Afterward, air-raid sirens began to sound, and Jolie collectively along with her aides walked shortly out of the station and obtained right into a ready automobile.
Final month, in her function as particular envoy, Jolie visited Yemen, the place hundreds of thousands of individuals have been displaced by warfare.
